Isadora Manual v1.3 - TroikaTronix

Clear) so that they appear as . Then you can use these locations in
the Media Window to hold your newly recorded movies.
It is important to understand that if you specify a number in the movie property,
there must be a movie at that location in the Media Window. Otherwise, the movie
will not appear in the Media Window.
Furthermore, if you have a Movie Player in the same scene with the Capture To
Disk actor, then its visible property must be off while you are recording. Otherwise,
the movie is “busy” and cannot be replaced. If you want a Movie Player to play a
newly recorded movie in the same scene in which it was recorded by the Record To
Disk actor, take the following steps:
1) Make sure that the visible property of the Movie Player is off while you are
recording.
2) Use the Record To Disk actor to start recording, specifying the place where the
new movie will appear in the Media Window.
3) Use another Record To Disk actor to stop recording.
4) Set the movie property of the Movie Player to the location of the newly recorded
movie in the Media Window.
5) Set the visible property of the Movie Player to on.
Stopping Capture To Disk
To have the Capture To Disk actor stop recording, you would set the function
property to stop and then send a trigger into the trigger input. The movie property
has no effect when the function property is set to stop – the movie will be stored in
the location specified by the Capture To Disk actor that initiated the recording
process, regardless of its setting here.
Once recording is stopped, the movie will appear in the Media Window at the
location specified earlier. At this point, it can be played like any other movie that
has been imported into the Media Window.
Specifying the Location on Disk for Captured Media
You can specify a folder into which movies recorded using the Capture To Disk
will be placed. To do so, choose Input > Set Captured Media Folder. When you
do, a file dialog will appear. Use this dialog to select the folder to which you would
like your movies to be recorded, and then click the “Choose” button to confirm your
choice.
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